Context. —Heart failure is often preceded by isolated systolic hypertension, but the effectiveness
of antihypertensive treatment in preventing heart failure is not known. Objective. —To …

The Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program followed up 10,940 persons for 5 years
in a community-based, randomized, controlled trial of treatment for hypertension. …

The role of positron emission tomography (PET) during the past decade has evolved rapidly
from a pure research tool to a methodology of enormous clinical potential. Perhaps the most …

BACKGROUND In recent years, the use of positron emission tomography (PET) has become
widespread for the staging and follow‐up of several malignancies. In the current study, the …

Objective: To evaluate treatment of mild hypertension using combinations of diet and low-dose
pharmacologic therapies. Design: Multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical …

Objective. To evaluate the diagnostic performance of 18 F-2-deoxy-2-fluoro-d-glucose-positron
emission tomography (FDG-PET) in the evaluation of breast cancer recurrence and …

This study asks whether prolonged antihypertensive therapy will "cure" a substantial percent
of rigorously treated hypertensive patients and whether nutritional change will add an …

In the Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program, 7825 (71.5 per cent) of the 10,940
participants had diastolic blood pressures averaging between 90 and 104 mm Hg on entry into …

During the last decade, there has been a significant advancement in imaging of urologic
diseases. Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS), computerized tomography (CT), magnetic resonance …

• Interaction of thiazide diuretics and the serum uric acid and creatinine levels was studied
in 3693 stepped care participants in the Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program not …